Learning through play! Educational Games

  • Trace Effects
    Photo of Trace
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    • Log in with your first name and last name (no space) and howell is the password.

    • This innovative language learning video game will complement students’ classroom English language instruction through interactive 3-D multimedia learning adventures. Trace Effects is geared for players aged 12-16.
      Gamers interact and solve puzzles in a virtual world filled with diverse English-speaking characters. In the game, students take a dynamic journey through the United States, traveling to cultural locations like Kansas, New Orleans, the Grand Canyon, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

  • Bite Size
    • Learn grammar, spelling, parts of speech, how to make a good argument in a persuasive paper, speak a foreign language and MUCH more!!!!
  • International Children's Digital Library Children can expand upon the stories to create games; parents can extract themes to help explain important lessons. Beautiful upper level picture books.
  • Books in Spanish
    • Read books in your native language or a foreign language. Have them read aloud to you!
  • Tumble Books
    • Aurora Public Library's Website. Listen to stories in English, Spanish or French. There are also some reading games to enjoy
  • Book Flix
    • Check out this site from Scholastic for online paired fiction and nonfiction stories. Great for readers that need a little help. Check out the stories in Spanish as well. You will need to enter user name: fbhowell AND password: bookflix
  • Star Fall
    • Fun games to help you get better at reading fast! If you're already a great reader, this could be a fun page to 'warm your brain up' before you read every night.
  • Fun Brain
    • Read online web books and practice your grammar and language skills.
  • Book Adventure
    • At Book Adventure you can test yourself on the books that you read and earn points for prizes.
  • Magic Keys online books
    • Read online books
  • Story Online
    • Check out the great new story, To Be A Drum by Evelyn Coleman, read by James Earl Jones.
      Listen to some of your favorite stories read by actors and actresses from the Screen Actors Guild. One of my favorites is The Night I Followed the Dog** by Nina Laden and read by actress Amanda Bynes.
  • Giggle Poetry
    • Lots of fun poetry to read, write and perform can be found at Giggle Poetry. Check it out.
  • Multiplication Games
    • Wash your car, race your car, dig for bones, build a baby buggy all while multiplying!